2-(para-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-1-(phenylalkyl) piperidinium hydrobromide



This invention relates to new chemical compounds which are active as peripheral vasodilators, and to the processes by which they may be readily prepared from available starting materials.

More particularly, my new therapeutic compounds are derivatives of pyridine and piperidine, and they may be readily prepared from p-methoxyphenyl-Z-pyridylmethanol. The latter compound, which may be regarded as the starting material from which the new compounds possessing peripheral vasodilator activity may be prepared, is itself readily prepared by reaction between 2-pyridinecarboxyaldehyde and a Grignard reagent such as p-methoxyphenyl magnesium bromide, followed by hydrolysis of the intermediate reaction products.

The new chemical compounds, both as bases, and in salt form, are useful in medicine as peripheral vasodilators.

The new chemical compounds with which my invention is more directly concerned include the new pyridinium derivatives 2(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-l-(2-phenethyl)pyridinium bromide and 2(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-1-(3-phenylpropyl)pyridinium bromide. Also included are their hydrogenated derivatives, similarly useful as peripheral vasodilators, more particularly the piperidine derivatives 2-(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-1-(2- phenethyDpiperidine hydrobromide and Z-(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol) -1-( 3fphenyl-propyl piperidine hydrobromide.

My new pyridinium derivatives may be represented by the structural formula:

H n i o 30 @0110 where A is an alkylene group having from 2 to 3 carbon atoms.

My new piperidine derivatives may be represented by the structural formula:

anion of the molecule has been hydrogenated to the corresponding hydrobromide salt.

Patented June 5, 1962 In preparing my new chemical compounds I utilize as the starting material p-methoxyphenyl-Z-pyridy1methanol:

This compound may be readily prepared by reacting 2- pyridinecarboxyaldehyde and a Grignard reagent such as p-methoxyphenyl magnesium bromide.

In preparing the new pyridine and piperidine derivatives, useful because of their peripheral vasodilation properties, p-methoxyphenyl-2-pyridylmethanol may be reacted with an (w-bromoalkyDbenzene in nitromethane. The w-bromoalkyl group is one containing from 2 to 3 carbon atoms.

When p-rnethoxyphenyl-2-pyridylmethanol is reacted with (Z-bromoethyDbenzene in nitromethane; for example, one of the novel pyridine derivatives, Z-(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol) -1-(2-phenethyl) pyridinium bromide, is secured. When p-methoxyphenyl-2-pyridylrnethanol is reacted with (3-bromopropyl)benzene in nitromethane there results the novel pyridine derivative 2(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-1-(3-phenylpropyl)pyridinium bromide.

Hydrogenation of these novel pyridinum derivatives, preferably catalytic hydrogenation with gaseous hydrogen in the presence of a noble metal catalyst, results in my novel piperidine derivatives, the generic structural formula of which has been given above. Thus, the catalytic hydrogenation of 2(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol) I-(Z-phenethyDpyridiniurn bromide results in the new piperidine derivative, 2-(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-1-(2- phenethyl)piperidine hydrobromide. Hydrogenation of 2(p methoxyphenylcarbinol) 1 (3 phenylpropyl) pyridinium bromide under similarconditions results in the new piperidine derivative Z-(p-methoxy-phenylcarbinol) -1-( 3-phenylpropyl) piperidine hydrobromide.

Starting with p methoxyphenyl 3 pyridylmethanol, which may be readily prepared, as described, from 2- pyridinecarboxyaldehyde and p-methoxyphenyl magnesium bromide, the reactions for the preparation of my new pyridine and piperidine derivatives may be indicated diagrammatically as follows:

pMethoxyphenyl-Z-pyridylmethanol B r- I 2 (pmethoxyphenylcarbiuol) 1- (2phenethy1)pyridinium bromide (2-br0n10ethy1) benzene in nitrornethane I Hydrogenation 2- (panethoxyphenylcarbinol) -1- 2-phenethy1) piperidine hydrobromide p-Methoxyphenyl-2-pyridylmethanol omoQ-onon N Br- I CH1CHzCHz 2 (p-methoxyphenylcarbino1) -1- 3-phenylpropyl) pyridininm bromide V 2- (p-methoxyphenylcarbinol) -1- 3-phenylpropyl 'piperidine hydrobrornide The general nature of these reactions may be summarized as follows:

The compound 2-pyridinecarboxyaldehyde is treated with p-methox-yphenyl magnesium bromide to obtain 1)- methoxy-phenyl-2-pyridylmethanol in the usual Grignard type reaction. This latter compound isthen treated with (2-bromoethyl)benzene in nitromethane and heated to reflux to obtain 2(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-1'-(2-phenethyl)pyridiniurn bromide. The latter compound is then hydrogenated with gaseous hydrogen in the presence of platinum oxide as catalyst to yield 2 (p-methoxyphenylin nitromethane (Hydrogenation PtO as catalyst N .HBr

I carbinol)'-1-(2-phenethyl) piperidine hydrobromide.

EXAMPLE 1 p-Methoxyphenyl-Z-Pyridylmethanol 9.73 grams (0.4 mole) of metallic magnesium and a few crystals of iodine were placed in a l-litre flask equipped with a condenser, a stirrer and a dropping funnel. The apparatus was dried with hot dry nitrogen. 75.8 grams (0.4 mole) of p-bromoanisole dissolved in 250ml. of dry ether were then added, dropwise, to the activated magnesium. After two hours the reaction was complete and 20.4 grams (0.2 mole) of Z-p-yridinecarhoxyaldehyde dissolved in 50 ml. of ether were added, dropwise, to the Grignard reagent.

The mixture was then heated to reflux for one hour, and the reaction product hydrolyzed by pouring it into a solution of aqueous ammonium chloride. The yellow amorphous precipitate was then filtered on a Biichner funnel, dried in an oven, and crystallized from ethanol. The product was then recrystallized from ,nitromethane. There were thus obtained 26.6 grams of p-methoxyphen yI-Z-pyridylmethanol, of melting point 133-134 V C.' Analysis confirmed the empiric formula.

4 obtained was crystallized from a mixture of ethanol and ether. There was thus secured 4.0 grams of p-methoxyphenyl-Z-pyridylmethanol hydrochloride, melting at 154 155 C.

Calculated for C H NO HCI: N, 5.56; Cl, 14.07. Found: N, 5.26; CI, 14.33.

EXAMPLE 2 2 (p-Methoxyphenylcarbinol) -1-(2-Phenethyl) Pyridinium Bromide 15.0 grams (0.069 mole) of p-methoxyphenyl-2-pyridylmethanol and 130 grams (0.069 mole) of (2-bromoethyl)benzene were dissolved in 50 m1. of nitromethane. The mixture was heated to reflux for 36 hours, and then poured over a mixture of ice and water. A brown amorphous precipitate was obtained. This product was then dissolved in, and crystallized from, a mixture of acetone and ether. The product, 2(p-methoxyphenylearbinol)-lpropanol mixture.

2(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-l-( 2 phenethyl) piperidine (2-phenethyl)pyridinurn bromide, was then recrystallized from an acetonezethanol mixture. There were thus obtained 8.7 grams of product, melting at 193l94 C. Analysis confirmed the empiric formula.

Calculated for C H NO Br: N, 3.50; Br, 20.0. Found: N, 3.38; Br, 20.25.

EXAMPLE 3 2 p-Metlzoxyphanylcarbinol) -I (Z-Phenethyl Piperz'dine Hydrobromide 5.0 grams of 2(p-methoxyphenylcarhinol)-l-(2-phenethyl) pyridinium bromide, as secured above, were dissolved in 200 ml. of absolute ethanol. 0.3 gram of platinum oxide was added, as catalyst, to the mixture, which was then hydrogenated with hydrogen gas at 50 p.s.i. and room temperature for a period of two and one-half hours. The catalyst was then filtered off and the, solvent evaporated under reduced pressure. The crystalline residue resulting was then recrystailized from an ethanolziso- There was thussecured 3.0 grams of hydrobromide melting at 227228 C.

Calculated for C H qNO2.HBr: C, 62.06; H, 6.94. Found: C, 61.98; H, 6.72.

EXAMPLE 4 2(p-Methoxyphenylcarbinol)-1-(3-Phenylpr0pyl) Pyridiiiium Bromide 10.8 grams of p-methoxyphenyl-2-pyridylmethanol and 10.9 grams of (3-bromopropyl)benzene were dissolved in 50 ml. of nitromethane. The mixture was heated to reflux for 36 hours and then poured over a mixture of ice and water. A brown amorphous precipitate was obtained. Upon dissolving in an acetone:ether mixture and crystallizing therefrom there were obtained 13.0 grams of 2(p methoxyphenylcarbinol) l (3 phenylpropyl) pyridinium bromide, melting at 152153 C. Analysis confirmed the emipiric formula.

Calculated for C l-l NO Brz C, 63.76; H, 5.83; Br, 19.28. Found: C, 64.0; H,'5.82; Br, l9.40.

EXAMPLE 5 2 (p-Methoxyphenylcarb inol) -I (3-Phenylpr0pyl) Pi peridine H ydrobromide 4.15 grams of 2(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-l-(3-phenylpropyl)pyridinium bromide were dissolved in 200 ml. of absolute ethanol; There was then added to the solution ).3 gram of platinum oxide as catalyst, and the mixture hydrogenated with hydrogen gas at 55 psi. at room temperature for three hours. The catalyst wasfiltered off Calculated for C H NO C, 72.58; H, 6.08. Found:

Five grams of this product were then dissolved in 25 milliliters of ethanol and the solution poured into cold ethereal hydrogen chloride. The gummy precipitate so and the solvent evaporated under reduced pressure. A thick gum was obtained, which was then dis solved in, and crystallized from, an a'cetone:ether mixture. The product was then recrystallized from an isopropanolzether mixture to yield" 2.0 grams of 2(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol) -1- 3-phenylpropyl) -piperidine hydrobromide, melting at l71173 C. Analysis confirmed the empiric forwhere A represents an alkylene radical containing two to mula. three carbon atoms inclusive.

Calculated for C H NO HBr: C, 62.85; H, 7.29. 2. 2-(p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-l-(2-phenethyl) piper- Found: C, 63.04; H, 7.54. idine hydrobromide.

I claim: 5 3. 2 (p-methoxyphenylcarbinol)-1-(3-phenylpropyl) 1. A compound of the structure piperidine hydrobrornide.

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